Brock Lesnar returned to the top of the heavyweight divisional buzz rankings in March, signaling the growing anticipation of his return to active competition against Shane Carwin in an expected July bout. Carwin, the winner of a top contender bout against Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 111, rose eight spots to be the third most buzzed about heavyweight in March, just slightly behind Strikeforce’s Fedor Emelianenko. Mir came in just behind Carwin in fourth, while other UFC heavyweight contenders Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez were not far behind in sixth and eleventh, respectively. Full top 20 rankings below.

Tapology’s Buzz Rankings measure fan interest in individual MMA fighters based on online searches and pageviews for information about each athlete. The rankings are not a measure of a fighter’s skill or competitive standing within their division, but rather how much activity or “buzz” surrounds them (positive or negative).